#Tech Ever since Apple launched the App Store, developers big and small have gotten caught up in the company's approval process and had their apps delayed or removed altogether. The popular messaging app Telegram is just the latest, according to th...
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Meta's revenue shrank for the first time in its history
#Tech Facebook parent company Meta has just reported its earnings for the second quarter of 2022, and it was another quarter of shrinking profits. Total revenue of $28.8 billion was only down one percent compared to Q2 one year ago, but net income ...
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Nintendo's Zelda-themed Game & Watch is a love letter to Link's 8-bit origins
#Tech For the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. last year, Nintendo released a special edition Game & Watch. (If you don’t know, Game & Watch were a line of handheld LCD devices from the ‘80s that could each play one very simple game.) Rather t...
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Why Apple changed its mind on Right to Repair
#Tech Apple does not have a good track record in terms of letting customers repair their hardware. The last decade-plus has seen Apple’s computers become essentially impossible for users to service or upgrade, and the iPhone has always been a locke...
Saturday, October 23, 2021
20 years ago Apple introduced the iPod, the perfect gateway drug to the Mac
#Tech It’s hard to remember, but 20 years ago, Apple was not a very cool company. Sure, OS X was intriguing, and the titanium PowerBook was definitely a cool computer, But when most people thought of Apple, it was probably the bulbous, colorful iMa...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Spongebob Squarepants is now an Xbox Series X
#Tech Gaze, if you will, upon the Xbox Series X. Aaron Souppouris / Engadget It is a black video game console, with aggressively square edges. Its design connotes "serious video gaming." This is a video game console for Gamers, if you'll forgive...